British astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted stunning images of New Zealand from space on social media.
Peake, 43, tweeted three pictures from his Twitter account with the caption: "New Zealand looking stunning in the sunshine!"
New Zealand looking stunning in the sunshine! #NewZealand pic.twitter.com/JDUoaZHB5w
— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) February 4, 2016
Within minutes, he received hundreds of retweets and favourites from followers.
One Twitter user wrote: "New Zealand is beautiful whatever the weather but stunning in sunshine."
Another wrote: "Breathtaking pictures! Does that kind of beauty ever gets boring? I can't imagine that."
Peake is currently living and working on the International Space Station for an expedition.
He has a background as a test pilot and a British Army Air Corps officer.
The photos have already been retweeted more than 800 times.